1st TSWY International Film festival

SPECIAL SCREENING
​Screening on November 4th at 7:30pm

When a strange sound infects the hearing population, a group of Deaf people must band together to survive.

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Identity- what is that? Arthur has wrestled with this question all his life, and has been taken captive by two lies: Deaf people are nothing more than patients to be cured, and the emptiness in his soul is the result of his own deafness. Seeking to cure his inner brokenness, he transforms himself into Dominik Bell, a wealthy, powerful alter-ego who has successfully engineered the 'cure for deafness,' including his own. Living between the hearing and Deaf worlds, Bell's potential for influence is limitless. But as the lies he has accepted consume him, his carefully crafted facade of wholeness begins to deteriorate. Left with nothing, Bell is faced with an ultimatum: surrender himself to the darkness, or be found whole in the light.

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​FESTIVAL DATES:
​​FESTIVAL: November 4th and 5th

​FESTIVAL PROGRAM

Saturday, November 4

​3pm - Screening
Opening: TSWY Film Series
Domestic Violence
A Suicidal Matter
Love Wins
DUI
Be-YOU-tiful
Sense
The Crackdown 
How To... 
Impetus 


5:30 - Filmmakers Panel with Q&A Section
Confirmed Panelists:
Host: Katia Belas - Producer/Creator/Director - The Strength Within You Film Series
Bob Hiltermann - Actor/Director - Best known for his work on the starting of Deaf West Theatre, Oscar Winning Film "Children of a Lesser God" and TV Show "All My Children"
Trudy Sargent - Award Winner Director  - Be-YOU-tiful
Danny Blair - Exec Producer - Found on South Street
Nathan Alan Thomas - Director - Body Language
Rory Dering - Director - Pittsburgh 
Isaiah Moore - Director / Kelse Whitfield - Producer - Mute
Colin Campbell - Director/ Producer - The Sound of Fear 
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More Filmmakers Panelists to be announced

7:30 - Screening (*PG, strong graphic exposure of blood and wounds)

Special Screening:
Dawn of the Deaf
​Found on South Street



Sunday, November 5

3pm - Screening
The Quiet Ones
Pittsburgh
The Deaf and Dumb 
Mute
Sound of Fear 
Body Language 
Crushed
(all films participating for competition are eligible for Audience Award) Audience attending this screening is welcome to vote.

Special: Pre-view of "Talk to the Hands"


7pm - VIP Reception, Red-Carpet & Award Ceremony 
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(Red carpet, Award distribution, filmmakers network and Special Celebrity Guests) (hors d'oeuvre will be served)

​**The festival will be video hosted by Tommy Korn

***The VIP Reception will be hosted by Lindsay Kate 

Screening Locations:
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GLAD
2222 Laverna Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90041

**Locations are subject to change

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​MEET THE JUDGES


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Trudy Sargent - International Award winner director/producer. As part of the TSWY Series, she worked with Deaf Talents during the production of Be-YOU-tiful.

Jules Dameron - Award winner director who happens to be Deaf. Among many short films, webseries and music videos, she is now the producer of DTV Network and TruBiz.

Michael Ross - Screenwriter. He wrote and worked for the Peabody Award winner Freeform TV show "Switched at Birth" where half of the cast were Deaf Talents.

MEET THE HOSTS

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Filmmakers Panel - Katia Belas

Festival Screenings - Tommy Korn

VIP Reception - ​Lindsay Kate